Karlin Lillington

Karlin Lillington columns

Karlin Lillington: Getting to grips with AI

What combination of algorithm, data input and analysis crosses the line between machine learning and artificial intelligence

GDPR complaints system is an unfair burden on Ireland and a weakness for Europe

One-stop shop places an unmanageable load on one small member state’s underfunded data regulator

Karlin Lillington: Reports of email’s death are greatly exaggerated, yet again

People have sounded the death knell for email for years, and they’ve been wrong every time

Karlin Lillington: A relief to have that Twitter jackhammer silenced … mostly

‘I’m shocked at how narrow a range of people and discussions Twitter’s algorithm fed to me’

Could the internet now move towards the promise of earlier days?

Karlin Lillington: Data breaches, disinformation, scams and the likes of Elon Musk. But change may be in the air

Beware your smart Christmas tech gifts in the season of surveillance

Karlin Lillington: Any ‘smart’ present you give this Christmas means your or your gift recipient’s data will be gathered and sent back to the company

Spyware Pegasus found on hacked mobile phones of four human rights defenders

Inclusion of several Jordanian women among targets ‘merits special attention’

Mulryan and ebikes, Fed’s rate rise, and how to protect your online privacy

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Irish NGO finds spyware on phones of Palestinian activists

Front Line Defenders found traces of the Pegasus programme on six phones

EU decision on Facebook oversight a blow to Irish Data Protection Commissioner

Analysis: No multinational anywhere in the EU will be happy with the ECJ’s ruling

Covid-19 audio documentary wins 2021 Mary Mulvihill prize

DCU student’s ‘moving’ documentary was inspired by photograph of stand-off in Peru

GDPR is being used as a bureaucratic dodge to avoid public scrutiny

Karlin Lillington: The data protection legislation remains groundbreaking despite issues

In The News podcast: it’s deadline day for the HSE - and for our data

First episode of new podcast looks at what data leak means for privacy of Irish people

Online scams go viral as pandemic gives fraudsters new opportunities

Scammers have become more sophisticated in trying to pass themselves off as legitimate

John FitzGerald: Corporation tax changes may pack more punch than Covid

Shift in Biden policy on offshore firms could be minor gain for US but huge hit for Ireland

Technology really can be stranger than fiction at times

The changes that replaced landlines with powerful pocket computers were neither obvious nor a foregone conclusion in the 1990s

Personal injury awards, DPC’s Big Tech decisions, and Facebook’s lobbying

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Fintan O’Toole: Our Government should be a fox. It is actually a snake

In a fast world, our slow government gradually digests issues it swallowed years ago

More flights cut, global FDI falls, number in ‘jobless households’ increases

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Truck checks at Dublin Port, Johnson’s ‘madman’ approach to Brexit, and Tesco drone deliveries

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Apple ruling, Eason’s €20m payout, and the inside story on Ireland’s Covid app

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

NUI Galway student does the maths to win Mary Mulvihill Award

James Hayes (17) wins prize for imaginative essay on the man who discovered Quaternions

We urgently need an employees’ manifesto on working from home

Karlin Lillington: Our current use of tech is further eroding division between work and home

'Doffing the cap' to Apple is a bad look for Ireland Inc

Net Results: Tech giant is major employer but it has benefitted plenty from 40 years in Ireland

An Appreciation: Fiachra Ó Marcaigh

Pioneering journalist in new technology who was immersed in the Irish language

RTÉ wrestles with future while reminiscing about the golden age of the past

Inside Politics: Dee Forbes blunt about need for Government funding

Public Services Card report a vindication for campaigners

Scandal around State’s latest toxic project likely to trigger defensiveness and legal cases

Ryanair job cuts, US rate cuts, and concerns over the public services card

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Google reveals plans to build 15,000 homes in San Francisco

Three new communities to be delivered on global tech giant’s landholdings

Irish scientists celebrated in Mary Mulvihill award winner’s work

Illustrator and Trinity student Laura Katharine Finnegan wins 2019 prize

Dublin Docklands: is the area a victim of too much success?

Most workers unable to buy or rent in locality due to rising costs, says Owen Keegan

INBS’s €6bn developer loans, why Silicon Docks is killing Dublin, and how AI could be fatal

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Vacant land tax and Brexit budget plans, Netflix price hike and Libra worries

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Credit union saving caps, service sector’s Brexit hit, and 20 years of broadband promises

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Glanbia and pay, LogMeIn’s 200 new jobs, and Stripe acquires Irish start-up

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Stripe jobs boost for Dublin, €50m hotel sale, home ownership rates and 5G explained

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

State websites are aiding a disgraceful silent surveillance

Karlin Lillington: Public sector sites are unintentionally allowing firms to track our data

Goodman’s €2bn Luxembourg link, Brexit tariffs and no-deal vote, and Boeing woes

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk

Data watchdog investigating potential GDPR breaches in Government

Department of Social Protection allegedly interfered with role of its data protection officer

Ikea’s plans, GoCar expands, Ryanair’s US legal case, and the dark side of tech

Business Today: best news, analysis and comment from ‘Irish Times’ business desk

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